The Lucknow Sentinel, 1954-01-20, Page 1$2.50 A Year In Advance—$1.00 Extra To U.S.A.TEN PAGES
PLAN INTERESTING
LEGION MEETING
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20th, 1954
IT’S BARGAIN TIME!form second
township forum
‘Central” Farm Forum receiv
ed its narpe at a meeting, on Mon
day evening at the home of Mr.
aiYd” Mrs, Albert Taylor, - West
Wawanosh, with the host of the
evening acting as chairman. The
forum is representative of a
number of’families off the 6th
and 9th Concession^ and thereby
receives, the name “Central”,
A second.forum has been form
ed ait “Prosperity Corner”^ and
takes in farm folk on the 2nd
and 4th Concessions. 1 •Monday nighVs^discpssion sub
ject was “Stop, Look arid Listen”
as it applies to railway crossings
and the mounting accident toll.1
Central Forum decided t h a t i
“blinker” lights offered the best1
protection for the cost involved. |
The Dominion Govesnment has a . - , ,. X1 :fund established to aid in such; the way the crowds
. i - - - __ vo .vS/M imnrr inin Ikn 1 ■installations and
folk decided that
be appointed 60
Federal -Government, 20 percent
to the .rajlSvay and 20 percent to
the province. / t
Next week’s meeting will be
held at the home of Bill Kina
ban. . ■ ; ,■. ' <
PASSES R.N. EXAMINATION
Mary Chin has successfully
passed her registered nurses1 ex
amination and is continuing tb
work at. Western Hospital, Tor
onto. She recently spent a month
at Thessalon doing rural nursing, at the, Red Cross Hospital. |
January is the month bf.sales
.when thrift-wise shoppers can
pick up many bargains. It pays
to watch the ads in The Sentinel
every week, but this week in
^particular - >WP"s^ciaT“Jahuary
particular two speclar'/Janua^y
clearance sales are being. featur
ed. One af Ashton’s - Ladies' and
Men’s Wear and .the other jat
RathWell’s Shoe Store. Bargains
are being. offered that will, pay
you well to buy for next winter,
if you aren’t in immediate need'
of some of these ■ items.
Central Forum
the cost should
percent to the
ARRIVED HOME MONDAY
HYPNOTIST IS
PACKING 'EM IN
Dr. Edwin Heath, noted hyp
notist. is playing-a three-night
engagement this week . in. Luek-
LOSES IN CLOSE
WARDENCONTEST
Reeve William Oswald, of El-
derslie Township was elected the
,82nd x _warde_p _ of _ Bruce when
County . Council convened at
Walkerton on Mionday night. He
. is, Elderslie’s first/ warden in 33
years,' and. 'succeeds Warden Gpr^
don Stanley, reeye. of Ripley.
Mr. Oswald’s opponent; was
Reeve Dave Carruthers of Kih -
loss Township,; who made a
strong bid to bring the honor to
Kinloss for. the first time since
19J2.
The count , w.as" 20 to 15. At
the week-end Reeve Carruthers
was assurred' of seventeen votes
of the thirty-five on the Council
with three non-committal up to
that time. These, urjcertain votes,
plus a swing in some votes,'..when
the trend indicates who’ll be el
ected; left a five-vote margin be
tween the, ..two canditates. .The
wardenship battle created much
interest,: and the Council Cham
ber was packed for this highlight
of the January session.
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SHOP WORK CLASSES
TO BE HELD THREE NIGHTS
Kenneth Cameron, newly el
ected president of the Canadian
Legion, has an interesting pro- gram/linedLjaipri&^the-Janiiary
meeting next Tuesday, and hopes,
to have something special arrang
ed for each meeting^during. thei
term, Next week will be -the in
stallation of officers, and- Jhe
feature will he a short film, ^Can
adians on the Left Flank”.
There will also be a discussion
on the proposed “exchange” of
the Legion Hall and Recreational
Centre. ■ ■
THAT by a “slip of the pen”
last week we referred to Mrs.
Malcolm Beaton as being in
Wingham Hospital'. Mrs. Beat
on, of course, is in Goderich
Hospital and has been there
for almost five years since suf-
. faring a stroke and has never
< been able to-walk in that time.
THAT the prize winners at the
Auxiliary Shoot party on Fri
day night Were Betty Conley
and Leo Huber. The previous
Week’s winners Were Mrs. Leo
Huber and Howard Harris.
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THAT students of Ripley District
High School are responsible
this week for the news appear
ing in the current issue of the'
Ripley Express. Co-editors are,
Anne Henry and Allan Mac-
■ ^Charles.: J '
TO OPEN POULTRY
FARM IN KINLOSS I
Mr. and Mrs: Robert Porter
and family who have made their
home, at what is., known, as
Glintz’s Corners, west of Walk;
•ertori, for the past fifteen years,
are. moving shortly to a farm in
the Kinlough district. They have
bought a i00-acre farm there and
purpose establishing a poultry
farm, specializing in the raising
of broiler chickeps and turkeys.
Besides this they will produce
[most of their oxvn' grain for feed
ing purposes as some 85 acres
of their newly acquired farm is
under cultivation.
who is an expert piano tuner
and repairer, will carry on in
that line while, his-son, Wayne;
will. have charge of the poultry,
Mrs. Porter has been head cook
at the Walkerton District High
School since it was opened over
two years ago and has proven
most competent in that capacity.
The school board accepted her
I
are pouring into , the Town Hall,:
he will be. held over; for further
engagements — possibly through
to the end of the week.
There was a good crowd at
the opening performance on: Mon
day’ night, and the six subjects
he held under his spell had the
crowd “rolling in the aisles”,
or they were mystified to sil
ence by his accomplishments.
Two of Monday, night’s voliln-
teers weren’t good hypnotic bets,
but the half dozen that 'Dr. Heath
retained on the stage/put on a
terrific show, although they
didn’t know it.
The sextette consisted of Mrs.
John England, Mrs. Robt. Simp-
I son, Russell Swan, Gordon Car
ter, Harold Cook and Ross Mc-
Ddnagh.",
I The event is being staged un,-
' der auspices of the Canadian
Legion. .. • j
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ROBERT COX PASSES'
The death of Robert Cox oc-
Wingham on the I curred on Friday at the home
of his sister, Mrs, Jack Hamilton
of Lucknow, He was a son of
James and Eliza Anne Cox and
was in his *78th year.
Rev. G.
ducted the funeral service on
.Monday at the McLennan-Mac-
Kenzie Funeral Home. Interment
[was. ir^Greenhill Cemetery.
left on Friday1 af-
his father in his
Provincial Police
Palmer Irwin, whose where
abouts was temporarily unknown,
...when bis father died suddenly,
early Saturday, morning, return
ed home late. Monday afternoon,.
unaware of the efforts that had1 been made to locate ;him until'
he arrived in
way home.
Palmer had
ter noon with,
usual health,
were alerted in the effort to con
tact him and radio broadcasts
were used, but without success.
The funeral was set for Tuesday
hoping that Palmer would be
located by then and it Aivas a
_sad surprise hirny-as-to-others
to learn of his father’s death.
i. i A. Meiklejohn con-
DIED
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■BROWNIES JOIN TAC? ~~
/OTHERS GET AWARDS
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On Friday an interesting meet-
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SWIFT—-at Bolsover, Ontario, on i ing was helcl in the Guide Rooms
Saturday/January 9th, 1954; Mar-1 when four ’ “Tweenies”: received
Willis Mheir pins; making them- Brown-
Swift. Burial was at Bolsover on | ies of;the 1st Lucknow Pac..These'
’ . ■ j-four were Margaret Riece, Lynda.
Button, Lorna Howald and /Di
anne5 Jamieson.
Brownies Lyn Couse and Karen
Burden received their golden bar
and the .following got service J
stars: two years—Patricia Thomp
son, Nan.cy Forster* Elizabeth
ion MacLeod, wife of
Monday, JaniUry 11th. •
DEPICTS life of
THE V.O.N. NURSE
The Toronto Telegram ran a
feature story recently On the
work of the Victorian Order of
Nurses, and illustrated the story
with two pictures which showed
Nurse Ruth Mary MacMillan per
forming some of thC duties of
the' V.O.N.;7~ ■ ’ ; .;''' ' ’’ ? ?
pNurse MacMillan is the daii-
MacMillan of Formosa, Japan,
and who both are former resi
dents of Kinloss. Township. Ruth
was married in November, and
is now Mrs.. J R. Lewis. She and
her husband reside in Temiska-
hiing, Quebec. ’ ’
Nurse MacMillan took Xfour
, Jear diploma Course at Toronto
University and. since graduating
has served, as a V.O.N. nurse for
five years, ‘ '
t Bannister,Elizabeth Finlayson*,
Margaret Mullin, Lyn* Couse;
one year—Judy Webster, Eliza
beth Henderson, Karen Burden,
Mary Allin, Janet Finlayson.
FRED NEWMAN IS
ROYAL ARCH HEAD
• Fred Newman will head Luck-
npw. Chapter of the Royal Arch
Masons- during 1954. He succeeds
Leonard MacDonald who carried
the double duties during the past
year as head of, The Chapter as
well as Master of .Old Light;
. Installation of the Chapter of
ficers was conducted by J.. W.
Joynt and W.. A.- Portcous. The
The Telegram pictures showed
her weighing a lusty month-old
.Chinese baby, and giving an en
couraging smile to an aged man
just home from the hospital fol
lowing operation.
The V^ON. nurse, in her trim
blue, uniform, leads a
full of variety,, hurhor and j>athos
hjakxt^
city offering valuable nursing
care practically from, the Oradlc
to the. "graved ■
w
v.
... ’..a
slate is as
man,,Z; Floyd Wilson. H; James
Boyle; J: A. C. Agnew, Scribe.
E; V. A.’ Mowbray, Scribe’ N;
W. W. Hill> treasurer^W. A: Port-
coils, D. of rC.; J. S/ Kilpatrick,
P.S.; Kenneth Cameron/ S.S.;
Robert Mclritosh,’. XS.;, Robert
Simpson, M. bf 4th V.;. Ted Coll-
Ver, M/of 3rd V.; Red vers John-
\stdh/ M/‘bf aHd'^r'.r^rd'on YisK-*
Night classes in shop .work at
the Lucknow District High School
will /have to be. held • on three
nights, due to. the unlopked for
enrolment that now. stands at
thirty-^ix, :,with another dozen Or
so having indicated their inter
est but has not as yet registered.
They may still do so, but should
act quickly. * /
Last Wednesday night there
were 23 in the shop class and
I 13 at Friday night’s class. .
• Mr. H. B. Burden, the instruct-
, . °L plans to hold classes Wednes-educational body, will fmd it ■ day, Thursday arid, Friday, and
ces^or; with' similar capabilities. eveniy as po^ible ovct tteThree
Mr. Porter has taken a keen in- i nights
terest in several organizations in | For .' the commercial class on
Walkerton-and^he will also, be .Tuesday night of'last Week there
j were twerity-two. in attendance:
| MRS. BAULCH PRESIDENT
MAITLAND PRESBYTERIAL
The annual meeting of Mait
land Pre^byterial of the Presby-
I terian church in Canada was held
Mr. Porter,
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THAT Dr, Ken A. McEwan has
joined the/ Bruce Co. Health
Unit as public'’ health veterin
arian.- He is a native of Chats
worth and held, a similar posi-
, tion in Timiskaming. - *
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THAT a number of Walkerton
himrods recently held a, rabbit
drive An the Holyrood ^district' , resignation-with regret ar\d that
educational body* will find i-; uay, mursaay and - Friday
;most difficult to secure a suc-.hopes to divide the grou’o
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and . bagged thirty jacks and
two foxes. /
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THAT Mrs. E. HT Agnew under
went a major operation in Vic
toria Hospital, London on Mon-
, day and is reported to be pro
gressing satisfactorily.
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THAT'Mrs. J. C. Armstrong has
been appointed in charge of
the cafeteria, at the Lucknow
District ■ High School, which
will op£n‘ shortly. A potato
• pfeeler arrived this week to be
■ added to the cafeteria equip-
. ment.
THAT. Al
present
at Tara
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THAT.'. from Whitehorse . in the
Yukon Territory Comes Alex
MacMillan’s annual renewal to
The Sentinel/ ' -
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THAT in Miss Osborne’s absence
due to bereavement, Mrs. Gor
don Johnston (Bernice Blake)-,
of Ashfield supplied at the
LucknoW: District High School.
—o—
Irwin is supplying. • at
for the C,N.R. agent
who is iil.
THAT skating for the ladies and
pre-schooT age. children will be
resumed at the - Arena each
Thursday afternoon, weather
permitting.
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THAT TherF were efghV tables at
the Monday night Shoot party?
^dttr-Mrs~E-velyn-Barkwell-and'
Howard Harris the4 prize win-
■'' ners. •. ■ • . °
THAT despite a cold, blustery;
’ night the CKNX barn dance at
tracted a capacity crowd when
it played in the Town Hall on
Saturday night under auspices
of the. ‘Agricultural Society.
The usual dance followed the
broadcast?
—o—
.> aish was in tow,n on . Monday
for the first time since New
‘.“Years,. When he was .taken ill
. with pneurnohid and Was a pat
ient in Kiricardinq.Hospital for
several" days.
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THAT “Report from Parliament
by Andy Robinson/ M.P;,
Will b(T"“heard- on CKNX~
brMV’lsrV.; C^il Falconer, 10.15 p.ni. on Sunday,.January
10.6.' ■ ' 24th.
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missed here. The .best^wishes of
their many friends gojwith the
family to their new place of
abode near the .Sepoy Town.—
Walkerton Herald-Times.
Mr. and -- Mrs. , Porter have
bought the Burgess ,farm (the
former Robert McLean farm)
S9Utr,a east, 9f ' in St 'And?ew:sVChu7ch7‘?Whig‘
Mrs. Porter was formerly Jean | ham, r^ay, January 12th. The
Haidenby of Westfield,., daughter i.morning anfl afternoon
of-the-tate—Mr. and-Mrsr-Fred , wei.e well attended
Haldenby. I| The. reports were . interesting
[and "to the point. All departments
i reported a successful year with
the Allocation well over the top.
j The installation of officers was
held at the close'of the meeting..
The Ashfield Township School' The-new .president is'Mrs. G; S.
Board met on January 12th,. arid 'Baulch, South Kinloss and the
appointed Mr. Marshall Gibsori past president, Mrs. A. MacAuley.
-as chairman for 1954 and Clif- of Ripley,
ford Crozier as vice-chairman. f
The caretakers .with duties to ! ——
aX“srlb&!S47«|CLANSMIN MAKE
sex; S.§. 3, Robt. Farrish; S.S. 4, i
Sandy MacLennan; S,S. 5, Chris |
Raynard;: S.S. 6, (hot decided);
S.S. 7, Gordon Barger; S.S. 8,
Chas. J. H. Fowler; S.S. Q, Mrs>
Wmt Andrew; S.S. .10, Robert W,
Scott; S.S. -11, Mrs.- Edna Mc
Cabe; S.S. 13, Hhrry Hackett; ( _ _
S.S. 12, James Bradley;__SJ5.—L5,„_Fixiday—nightRof—next-w^kr-T—“—~
Mrs. ,Roy MacKay; S.S. 16; Ches-1 Chas? Webster, the Club presL
ter Finnigan; S.S. 17, Lawrence, dent, presided, and .at the close
Black. I of the meeting was given a vote
The cedar contracts were j£t: ofapproval' ' of his Vsnappy”
M. GIBSON HEADS
ASHFIELD BOARD
CARNIVAL PLANS
( The rejuvenated Clansmen
j Club held . a luncheon meeting at
I Johnston’s Restaurant ak 6.45 on
Monday evening, at which plans
were laid for a masquerade carn
ival to be held in the Arena on
to Allan MacTavish, Ripley,, and: handling of the meeting.
Paul Caesar, Dungannon. The Gordon Montgomery was el-
Wpod contracts, were Jet to the ected as a representative on, the
r James Bruce County Tuberculosis As-
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following: Jack Irwin, <
Cochrane, Nelson Pearson, Basil ;
Hogan and Herb^Penitland.
THAT Mr. >nd <Mrs. Spence. Ir-
day from their son George iri
-Korea. It was 'the first word
jtsqciation’/. succeeding. Dr. W. V.
Johnston, .'who will shortly bi?
.leaving-town. The other member
is E. ,H. Agn.ew,'
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i ival call for a figure skating
! demonstration, a-full-list Of coiA-
they had received in some time., tume and. speed contests, and a
and he—explained ’ it'/was'"be-
‘ cause he had , been on a four-
weeks’ training scheme in the
■ mountains, that prevented/let
ter writing. He said he was Well
' remerribered" at Christmas time
-. with nine boxes and some 200
letters and c<Vds. He expects’
to shortly have leave to Japan, tails next week.
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‘b.room- ball '.game.
Arrangements have been made
to. have Miss Maiirrien Cafthy of
St. Catharines, professional skat
er and some of,her skating class
from Goderich/ put on a skating
show to ■ open fhe carnival." / ;
.Watch for bills and further de-.